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junta 1. a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'?tat 2. a legislative or executive council in some parts of Latin America junta [′hu̇n·tə] (meteorology) A wind blowing through Andes Mountain passes, sometimes reaching hurricane force. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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`Cautiva'' is another Argentinian drama about the fallout from the Dirty War, that period in the 1970s and '80s when the ruling military junta kidnapped, tortured and murdered citizens at will. In harsh contradistinction to the democracy of Thaksin Shinawatra--the businessman for whom, it seems, even billions were not enough--it appears that Thais have concluded that a military junta affords them a better prospect of stability, safety and the absence of both corruption and intrusiveness into people's lives. Eventually the ad hoc military junta morphed into a global government --the Terran Federation--in which there were two classes of people: "civilians" and "soldiers. |
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